Police have detained two female employees of the Grenada Ports Authority (GPA) for questioning in connection with the alleged theft of $20, 000.00 from the state-controlled body.

Informed sources told GRENADA TODAY that the employees are being questioned at the head office of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Hillsborough Street in the heart of the city. According to a well-placed source, the police were called in after the money was reported missing within hours of being paid to GPA by a customer in cash.

He said that a female employee of the authority was taken into custody within minutes of the incident and that a second suspect was later brought in for questioning as the police try to crack the case. The $20, 000.00 in cash was paid into GPA's main office on the Carenage.

The source said that the police have been reviewing footages of the security camera at GPA to look for possible clues in the theft of the money. Over the years, a number of employees lost their jobs at the authority for theft of its funds.